Whipped Honey Cupcakes with Honey Cream Cheese Frosting and Vintage Deer Toppers

Honey Cupcakes with Vintage Deer Toppers, originally uploaded by razzieswirl.

So this post is mostly about promotion, but not all about self promotion. I posted some pictures on flickr of the vintage deer cupcake toppers I have for sale at my etsy store sticking out of the most amazing honey cupcakes that are perfect for Spring! But I promised a post on the food blog about it, so here goes.

The honey cake is exactly like a sponge cake, it is extremely light and airy, not at all dense. The honey provides a serious sweetness that doesn't overpower the delicacy of the cake, and I absolutely adored the cream cheese frosting, I could eat it on anything from cupcakes to toast (or straight out of the mixer)! It's sooo good. I will say, you must have an affinity for honey to truly enjoy these delicious little beauties, and I do. When I was a little girl I adored Winnie the Pooh, and decided one day that I too would eat only honey straight out of the honey bear. Needless to say, even as a sugar fiend youngster, more than a teaspoon of straight honey was just too much for me, much to my disappointment. However, I remain an avid honey lover, I enjoy it more than sugar in many things including tea and whipped cream. I think it's sweet enough to replace sugar but has a kind of comfort and warmth to it, it's almost like a little ray of sunshine in your mouth. So honey + cupcakes is genius in my book.

Chockylit's Cupcake Bakeshop was the first food related blog I ever came across, years ago, when my cupcake obsession began. She's a real inspiration for me. I adore her creativity and originality. She's not afraid to experiment and I admire her for that. This honey cake recipe is one of hers so I'm going to direct you to her site to check it out:
http://www.cupcakeblog.com/
Look around, you won't be disappointed, her photography is exquisite.

I thought this recipe would be the perfect base for the adorable little vintage deer cupcake toppers I made. I originally wanted to frost a barely light blue base with a white rose on top of each cupcake, but cream cheese frosting is just not stiff enough to make roses with, so shells it was. And I'm very pleased the way these turned out, I think the cupcakes compliment the toppers very well.

Here is a link to a video from Wilton that will show you what you need and how to make shells (they are extremely easy, and oh-so pretty):

http://www.wilton.com/decorating/basic/shell_video_5k.cfm

I hope these links give you some inspiration on the slightly cool (at least here in the Northwest) Spring Sunday afternoon!